Holder for feather dusters



no. 625,752;- Patented May 30, I899.

J. H. mm.

HDLDER FOR FEATHER DUSTEBS.

(Application: filed. Jan. 25, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH I-I. FORD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDERFORVFEATHER DUSTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 625,752, dated May 30, 1899.

Application filed January 25, 1393. Serial No. 667,907.: (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. FORD, acitizen of the United States, residing at Boston, inthe county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Holders for FeatherDusters,"

of which the following is a specification.-

This is a device intended to receive andv hold in a reversed position feather clusters, and it is particularly adapted for use in stables, where feather dusters of unusually large size are kept for the purpose of dusting oif carriages, &c. r

Feather dusterssuch as. are used in stables are, on account of their size, very expensive and are very apt to be nipped or nibbled by the horses in the stable if they are within reach, as is usually the case if the dusters are hung on nails by means of their handles or are left lying about.

It is the object of this invention to provide a holderinto which the duster may be quickly pressed, from which it can be easily withdrawn, and which will, whenapplied to the wall, hold the duster securely and safely in a reversed position, inaccessible to the horses and withthe feathers closed, so that its form may be preserved.

The nature of the invention is fully described below and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- i e Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device with a feather duster indicated in broken lines in position, a portion of the feathers being represented as cut off in order that the holder may be shownon a larger scale. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the holder proper removed from the wall-piece. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section taken through the holder sponding parts. .45

and wall-piece. tion taken on line 4, Fig. 3. r Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on line 5, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- A represents a flat piece adapted to be Fig. 4 is a horizontal sec holder.

lower end. The upper portions of the members B and O are formed, respectively, into the horizontal curved ribs or beads B and O, and the lower portions are provided, respectively, with the horizontal curved ribs or beads 13 and O. The upper beads B and G constitute, when the members are closed, a circular mouth to the holder, and the lower beads B and C constitute a circular outlet thereto. The main portions B O of the members connect the upper andlower beads. The mouth formed by the portions B and C is larger in diameter than the outlet formed by the portions 13 and C, and the connecting portions B O are correspondingly tapered.

The portions B O, B O, and B O are preferably of the curved shape shown in order to correspond with the shape of the duster;

but it is evident that exact curves need not be followed so long as the'general shape of the members-is such ,as to accommodate the duster.

spreading horizontal flaring jaws E and E.

From the rear outer, wall of the member B a The front ends of the beads B O" and B ,O are extended, respectively, into 0, thus holding the two parts normally in the closed position indicated inthe drawings.

. When the apparatus is secured to the wall of a stable'bymeans of the wallpiece A, the

duster is applied by pressing the handle portion in a vertical position horizontally be- ..tween the pairs of jaws E and E.

them apart and swings open the members B C, so that the handle. of the duster enters the position the feathers are contracted sufli- This forces The duster is then allowed to drop.

ciently to be kept in form and extend upward out of the reach of the horses. as the duster is thus inserted the arms H of As soonthe springs I-I shut the members back into their normal position. To withdraw the duster, pull down the handle, and thus draw the feathers out of the holder through its lower end in horizontal section and the two constitutingwhen closed a hollow holder larger in diameter at the top than at the bottom, the upper ends of said members being formed respectively into the horizontally-curved ribs or beadsnB. and O and the lower ends of said members being formed respectively into the ribs or beads B and O; the integral horizontally-flaring pairs of jaws E and E extending outward from the upper and lower beads respectively; the hinges b and 1) connecting the two upper and the two lower pairs of beads respectively at the rear side of the holder; the pintle D extending from the upper to the lower hinge and being common to "both; the springs H surrounding said pintle and connected at its opposite ends to the hinged members B, C and bearing against the rear sides of the sameand thus holding them normally closed; and the projection F extending rearwardly from one of said members whereby the holderImay be secured to a wall; 1 all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOSEPH H. FORD.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, A. N. BONNEY. 

